Five Little Indians (novel)

Five Little Indians is a novel by Cree Canadian writer Michelle Good, published in 2020 by Harper Perennial.[1] The novel focuses on five survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system, struggling with varying degrees of success to rebuild their lives in Vancouver, British Columbia after the end of their time in the residential schools.[2]

Five Little Indians
AuthorMichelle Good
Audio read byKyla Garcia
PublisherHarperCollins
Published in English
April 14, 2020
Pages304

Background

Although the novel itself is fiction, some of the episodes were based on real experiences of Good's mother and grandmother, who were survivors of the residential school system.[1] Good worked on the novel for more than a decade, beginning the writing process in 2011 as a fine arts graduate student at the University of British Columbia.[3] As part of the writing process, Good relied on psychological assessments of children who experienced physical and sexual abuse in order to accurately depict the long-term impacts on a person's life.[4]

Awards

The novel was longlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize,[5] and shortlisted for the 2020 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[6] Now listed it as one of the top 10 novels of 2020.[7]

In 2021 the book won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2020 Governor General's Awards,[8] the Amazon.ca First Novel Award,[9] and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.[10]

The novel has been optioned by Prospero Pictures for development as a limited television series, with Shannon Masters as writer and showrunner.[11]

References
  1. Angelica Haggert, "'The story I was intended to write': Michelle Good on forthcoming novel 'Five Little Indians'". Canadian Geographic, February 20, 2020.
  2. Marcia Kaye (April 16, 2020). "Michelle Good's "Five Little Indians" a fictional exploration of life after residential school". Toronto Star.
  3. Laskaris, Adam (1 June 2021). "Kamloops-area author wins prestigious awards for debut novel". Kamloops This Week. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. Bresge, Adina (28 May 2021). "Michelle Good on why Indigenous people can't 'get over' residential school trauma". www.cp24.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. Deborah Dundas, "Thomas King, Emma Donoghue make the 2020 Giller Longlist in a year marked by firsts". toronto Star, September 8, 2020.
  6. "Thomas King, Gil Adamson among finalists for $50K Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Toronto Star, October 6, 2020.
  7. Cole, Susan G. (November 30, 2020). "The 10 best books of 2020". Now.
  8. "Michelle Good says celebrating fiction win feels 'petty and selfish' after residential school discovery". CTV News, June 1, 2021.
  9. Vicky Qiao, "Five Little Indians by Michelle Good wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award". CBC Books, May 28, 2021.
  10. Deborah Dundas, "Michelle Good wins Kobo Emerging Writer fiction prize — making it three wins for the three noms she got on that big day in May". Toronto Star, June 22, 2021.
  11. Vicky Qiao, "Michelle Good's Five Little Indians to be adapted into limited TV series". CBC News, June 9, 2021.
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